Dune by Frank Herbert is one of the greatest Science Fiction novels of all time. The story is about Paul Atreids as he tries to take back his planet (Arrakis, a.k.a Dune a pure desert world. It is also the only place where spice can be found. Spice is a drug that gives people the ability to see the future, health and long life, (hence the saying, Health and long life are the gifts of the spice, Dune the Sci –Fi mini-series)) from the Harrkonnens the Atreids mortal enemy. The book is based in the year 10,946 B.J (Bielgium Jihad) in the Imperium of man under the rule of Shaddam the IV. The main characters are The Baron and Paul Atreids. Paul Atreids is the son of Duke Leto Atreids and the lady Jessica. He is Muad’Dib the Fremen messiah (The Fremen are the natives of Dune and the greatest fighters in the known universe.). The Baron is the ruler of Giedi prime. He is sadistic and he hates the Atreids because an Atreids had the ruler of House Harrkonnen banished for cowardice.
The book starts off with House Atreids moving to Arrakis. Paul father, Leto sends off men to recruit the Fremen to his cause because he believes the Harrkonnens will attack Arrakis (for now on I will call it by it’s Fremen name Dune). The Harrkonnens make an attempt on Paul’s life and a traitor shuts down the Atreids palace’s shield.
Soon Harrkonnen troops and Sardaukar (The emperor’s shock troops) attack dune. Without the Fremen’s aid the Harrkonnens capture dune and kill Leto and send Paul and his mother out into the deep desert to die. After the assault the Sadaukar leave. The Harrkonnens believing Paul dead begin to solidify their hold on Dune.
After killing their captors Paul and Jessica escape. As they run, a worm (A giant worm, Usually about a kilometer long and about thirty feet wide with sharp teeth) tries to eat the pair but they escape into a cave. Later Duncan Idaho, a loyal Lieutenant, picks them up and brings them to a hidden Fremen base. There Sardaukar attacks them again and Duncan dies buying time for Paul and Jessica to get away.
Later they are found by a group of Fremen who think Paul is the Muad’Dib (their messiah). After Paul kills a non-believer the Fremen begin to worship Paul.
The book begins with a prologue dated March 4, 1865, on the day of Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration, a photographer is preparing for the event and in the background, the capitol building is under construction. A man is watching, unsatisfied with the events
... it is all laid out in chapter form, each chapter from a different of the three protagonists perspective. The start from their gives background information on how these people lived in that time, it tells from everyday life to details of getting there father mauled by a lion (no, seriously… ouch, right?) Then it goes on and tells the story of the unfairness and the bombings… finally it comes to the bulk of the story, the travelling. This is at this point, the three boys have been split up already, they make their journey through many places along quite a long time, they go across the Nile River, to Ethiopia, back way down the map to Kenya and finally, together again, they end up in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. This isn't the end however, this book has a sort of Epilogue that explains what happens next, how they get the America, and that is what finishes it off. The End.
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Before this battle, the men are starting to feast on pig and some other foods. All of a sudden they realize that something is wrong because the observation balloons have spotted smoke from their chimney. Soon after, shells begin to drop on them. They race down to the house and feast for four hours. Outside houses are burning, shells are propelled down to the ground. In eight days the men are told to return. Only a few days later are they ordered to evacuate a village. While on their way, Kropp and Paul see people fleeing out of the village with distress, anger, and depression. Everyone is silent as the two walk by them, even the children holding on to their mothers for moment, Paul feels a blow on his left leg. Albert is right next to him, and he cries out to Paul. The men scurry to a nearby ditch. They are hurt, but do the best that they can to run to another ditch. Albert is straggling behind, and Paul helps him to continue by holding him up. They reach the dug-out where Paul bandages up Kropp’s injury, a bullet for an ambulance to be taken. The ambulance picks them up, and they are given an anti-tetanus shot in their chests. When the dressing station is reached, Paul and Kropp make sure that they are lying next to each other. The surgeon examines Paul and tells someone to chloroform him. Paul objects to this order, and the doctor does not do it. The surgeon takes out a piece of shell, and puts Paul in a plaster cast. The two are brought on the train, Albert develops a high fever so he needs to be taken off the train at the next stop. In order to stay with his friend, Paul fakes a fever and they reach a Catholic Hospital together. Paul is operated on and recovers faster than Kropp. His leg is amputated, and he later goes to an institute for artificial limbs. Paul is called back to his regiment and returns to the front.  parts, or lost body parts, and they are thankful that it is not them who are in danger of dying. By receiving injuries, Paul and Kropp experience the war from a different perspective.
The Age of Exploration was one of the World History’s most important turning point. Before the Age of Exploration and right after the Crusades, trade between Asia and Europe had increased. However, there was a major setback and that was the prices of the goods that were traded. Starting from China, an object could be traded into India (for example) and then traded into Saudi Arabia for a higher price. And later on it would get traded into Europe for an even higher price. So the Europeans had to pay the bigger price for something that could have been worth less by going to the source itself. That lead to the Age of Exploration. Using big ships with huge sails, Europeans set out to find ways to trade with China and India by going around Africa or by simply going west into the Atlantic to find another way to get to China or India (that’s what Columbus had thought). The Portuguese started off the Age of Exploration by finding a way to get to India by goi...
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He didn't have a very exciting life when he was younger but he did grow up sailing on short trips on the English coast. Since a young age he knew he wanted to be on the water. When he was older he sailed on countless voyages.
The book is consisting of three main characters, Amir, Hassan, and Baba. Amir who was born into a rich family and had everything handed to him, Hassan who is a friend of Amir but was born into a poor family. Baba who was the father of Amir but was disappointed in Amir and on and blamed him for his mother’s death. Baba has a problem with Amir being too soft because he allowed the other children in the area to pick on him and he will not fight back. In the book it shows the bond that Amir has with Hassan when they were growing up. The book was centered on the both Amir and Hassan childhood and the stuff their did while growing up and how they relationship changed because Amir has to move to America because of issues in Afghanistan. But after 20-25 years of living apart Amir received a call from his father’s friend that would bring Amir back to his home town to help his friend out of some trouble he got himself into. On return to his home country Amir found out that Hassan is dead and apart from him being dead Hassan is also his half brother that left behind son behind. Amir seeks out to find his nephew to bring him back to America with him.
Roberts starts the book out with his Author's notes here he describes how he came about the topic of the book and where he got his information. He then moves on the preface where he explains a little about leadership and how it is incorporated throughout the book in relation to Attila the Hun. The next part of the book Roberts calls the introduction. Here he gives you some history about the Huns and how they rose to power. Roberts also tells the reader about the life that Attila the Hun and how he led the Hunnish army through many conquests. This part of the book proved to be very interesting, especially for those who are not al that familiar with the Huns. This part of the book is necessary to read in order to understand how the book was written.
Dune is the famous science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. It’s been 50 years since the novel was launched and is considered as one of the best science fiction novels in the history. The novel remains as the best-selling science fiction book till date. The novel is about the young Paul Atreides whose family relocate to Arrakis, a planet which is the only source of the spice melange in the universe. The course of humanity has been dealt very well in this novel. It explores the complex interactions of religion, politics, technology, ecology, and human emotion. The novel was appreciated by the people all over the world and has won the Huga Awards and the Nebula Awards for the Best Novel.
Religion is the catalyst of conflict between Paul and his brother Andrew, however anti-intellectual difference between the individuals becomes a key affect of the novel. Paul at a young age decides to abandon his Puritan beliefs, due to the intellectual character of his father Henry as well as the strict Puritan ways of his mother Edith. “Slowly I realised I could
Absalom and Achitophel begins in the world of Old Testament history. The vague biblical past of the opening lines lets the narrative to be set from 2 Samuel in a wide historical frame that hopes to legitimize the king's promiscuity by associating the king as father of the land: